Books question
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Okay, another question about the novels, specifically the last two. I was reading the IMDB message board for RD and there was a thread on the books - the commenter said "The Last Human" is NOT a sequel to "Backwards," but instead, that each book is that particular writer's sequel to their last joint novel, "Better Than Life."
I post this here for two reasons. One, you guys are the best bunch of discussers (and the only ones I'm familiar with so far) of Red Dwarf, generally. Second, there's an element of possible slashiness here, I suppose. TLH ends with Lister and Kochanski getting busy recreating the human race, Rimmer dead and his son still alive (and somewhere out there, I sure hope somebody's written an OT3 - not a triangle - with Lister/Kochanski/McGruder just on principle *G*). "Backwards" ends with teenage Lister and the Cat escaping a universe where Kryten and Rimmer have been killed, into an alternate dimension where Lister and the Cat had died. (No Kochanski in sight; that was handled at the beginning of the novel.)
Is this true, that each is just a sequel to BTL? Have you ever heard this - is it common knowledge and I'm just the ignoramus? Or is it untrue?
Oh, and if they're each a BTL sequel, I suppose the question becomes, what does this say for each writer's vision of the R/L relationship? Just to keep it more on-topic.
Okay, another question about the novels, specifically the last two. I was reading the IMDB message board for RD and there was a thread on the books - the commenter said "The Last Human" is NOT a sequel to "Backwards," but instead, that each book is that particular writer's sequel to their last joint novel, "Better Than Life."
I post this here for two reasons. One, you guys are the best bunch of discussers (and the only ones I'm familiar with so far) of Red Dwarf, generally. Second, there's an element of possible slashiness here, I suppose. TLH ends with Lister and Kochanski getting busy recreating the human race, Rimmer dead and his son still alive (and somewhere out there, I sure hope somebody's written an OT3 - not a triangle - with Lister/Kochanski/McGruder just on principle *G*). "Backwards" ends with teenage Lister and the Cat escaping a universe where Kryten and Rimmer have been killed, into an alternate dimension where Lister and the Cat had died. (No Kochanski in sight; that was handled at the beginning of the novel.)
Is this true, that each is just a sequel to BTL? Have you ever heard this - is it common knowledge and I'm just the ignoramus? Or is it untrue?
Oh, and if they're each a BTL sequel, I suppose the question becomes, what does this say for each writer's vision of the R/L relationship? Just to keep it more on-topic.
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Date: 2010-06-26 10:08 pm (UTC)Maybe it's been removed because there are going to be more series with real actual actor bodies involved? Hee! (I'm of two minds about that - do I want more series? I kind of think I do. But I admit I'm trepidatious about watching beloved characters get long in the tooth IF their characterization doesn't progress along with that. Like the Rimmer in BTE was more like early-seasons Rimmer and less like post-Rimmerworld Rimmer. If that makes sense. Just IMO.)
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Date: 2010-06-26 10:12 pm (UTC)Oh no, I agree whole-heartedly. I think I was slightly disappointed with BTE with the lack of comedy, and Rimmer's character was strangely jarring. Hey ho. Here's hoping they come up with a winner when they start filming...